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front door and heard some one inside
muttering, but the door was not open
ed. Saw Lizzie intoxicated many
times, and especially so for about a
month before her dearth,
Albert d. Horner was recalled and
testified that he saw Lizzie pretty
drunk one time and had her little
child with her. The child wanted
her mother to go home and was pull
ing at her dress.
George Polls, of Palmyra, saw Liz
zie drunk on several occasions. At
such times was noisy and her tongue
was very loose"
John Wallace, a truck raiser at Pal
myra, saw Agnew on January Sd in a
berry patch. Lizzie worked at wit
ness house several days. Saw her
drunk one or two times.
Mrs. Mary Hamilton recalled. Saw
Lizzie intoxicated several times when
at witness house. Agnew came and
coaxed her to 90 home.
Oliver P. Boiler, of the Blockley
almshouse, at Philadelphia, presented
record of the admissions to the
drunk ward of that institution. The
cases sent to that ward are violent
cases of drunkenness, delirium tre-
mems, etc. William Agnew was brought
there on October %, 1865, and was
placed in the drunk ward, and remain
ed there three days, when he was re-
moved to an outer ward until his dis
missal on March %, 1866. He was
again admitted to the drunk ward on
October %, 1869 and after five days
was transferred to the out ward until
February %, 1870. He was again
admitted on March 30, 1870, but wit
ness could not get an account Of the
case as the book had been destroyed
by fire. He was at the almshouse and
placed in the drunk ward again on
September 80, 1871 October II, 1872;
February %, 1874. Elizabeth Boyle,
(Agnew's second wife,, aged "a years,
was admitted to the institution on
January Is 1868, and five times there
after for drunkenness.
| DR.. r. G. Darlington, of. Mount
Holly, the prison physician was the
first witness called, testified that he
had attended Agnew on January Is.
The prisoner at that time was suffering
from insomonia and want of appetite
and was very nervous. His pulse was
about 80. The symptoms would indi-
cate that he had been drinking excess
sively. Witness prescribed bromide of
potassium, valerian and opium, to
quiet the prisoners nerves and put him
to sleep.
William Agnew, the defendant, next took the
stand on Friday afternoon, and hour a
half in giving in his testimony He did not know
| how old he Had been a seaman from the age
| of until the year 1871 and during that time had
and January he had lived in the house OF Ellen Gal
| lice, at Palmyra He remembered that there was
ball at Wallaces hotel, on New Years eve That
| evening he went out and bought pint of whiskey
| and afterwards met his wife at Smiths store and
went home with her. She brought some eatables
from the hotel for him and he then his supper.
Went Isl" Wallaces hotel after supper and stayed
there until Lizzie was ready to go home, which was
just before morning. Mr.. Wallace treated witness
| Lizzie and Mrs Austin once during the evening,
but he did not remember what kind OF liquor it was.
Lizzie hurt her face by striking it against the pump
| handle that nlgnt ana injured ner nose ana eye
| Mrs Wallace went to the bar room and brought out
| some whiskey in a beer glass and bathed Lizze's
face She handed the glass to Lizzie, who drank the
| greater part of the whskey when Mrs WallaceS
| back was turned. During the evening witness gave
| his wife several drinks from the pint bottle he had
in his pocket, when no one was looking, and also
| drank some himself. Just before morning witness
| and wife left the hotel and took with them some
| food, which Mrs. Wallace had given them. He
| thought Mrs. Wallace paid Lizzie two dollars just
before they left. Bought pint OF whiskey of Mr..
! Wallace before leaving and on the way home he and
Lizzie stopped along the road several times and
| took a drink. When they reached their home the
| pint was all gone. Lizzie broke the key off in the
| door, while trying to unlock it, and they went
around to the back door and forced it open. Lizzie
then sent witness back to Wallaces to get
| whiskey and cautioned him to call ISL out and
coax him to sell the liquor as they wanted to cele-
! drank it with Lizzie Got more whiskey during the
| day Saturday. That night he went for another
| pint, which he and Lizzie drank. Then he helped
| Lizzie up the stairs, as she was drunk, and they
| both went to bed. After sleeping awhile she wax
ened him up and said Daddy, it's Saturday night
| and we will die without whiSkey tomorrow, (from
the evidence it appears that this Monday mighty
She told him to look around for some money but he
unable to find any. Then she said he should
! owed her. He did and with it bought pint of
| whiSkey at Walace's he thought Took that home
and together they drank it ALL She afterwards told
| him to go to Joseph Walace's and ask Mrs Wallace
| for the money she owed her for washing Was CIV
| en- the money add then went to 81 Wallace.s for
| more whiskey but refused and ordered out of
| the hotel Went to Waace's bar-room and slipped
in among the crowd at the lbar and succeeded in
getting pint. Witness then went to Smiths to
| get some coal and snuff add then returned home.
| Lizzie was alive that night and was in bed. She
| drank part of the whiskey and then we had some
kind of a row. Witness then went to bed and slept
| until the next morning. Came down stairs and
found Lizzie lynS at the foot of the steps with her
night clothes on. Carried her up stairs and put
| her to bed, which he had often done before when
| she was intoxicated
Witness thought he arrested Saturday.
| On that morning he came down stairs and made
/ tI. hat TOD
| face He thirsty that he ate snow, which
nearly choked him after he had been eating it for
face and then for the first time realized that she
| dead. He put pillow under ner head and stopped
down and kissed her. Did not tell any of her
death then as he wanted to die too. His daughter
had died a short time ago and her death was heavy
blow. Although his wife had not been very loving
to him, he thought great deal of her. The witness
burst into tears while giving this part OF the test-
mony and was greatly affected. He said he would
have died if they had only left him alone another
night, for he nearly starved and was very cold.
Witness made effort to hide her body because he
afraid to do such thing. A young man named
Smith came to the house that morning and brought
some soup. Tried to little of it but couldn't
swallow He told young Smith to tell his father and
mother to come he had something to tell
them. Had made up his mind to tell them that Liz
Zie dead so that they could see to having her
buried.
Witness was married twice and had two children
by his first wife, but only one, daughter named
! Agnes, lived. The other one died at birth. Agnes
died about two years ago, did not remember exactly
when The rocking chair he said belonged TO Lizzie
| and was given to her by Mrs. Smith. 1t was con-
siderably broken and was more for show than any
thing else. He tied string around the legs to keep
it together. Said Lizzie would sell clothes and bed
ding and buy whiskey with the money.
The witnses explained how the blood spots had
been made on the wall and Settee pillow and cover
| One Saturday night some woman came to the house
to have her fortune told, as Lizzie was sort of
fortune teller. Lizzie had been drinking heavily and
was lying in drunken doze on the settee. In at
tempting to get she fell the floor and cut her
| face The blood flowed freely from the wound and
made large stain the floor. She held her hand
on the wound and it was covered with blood. When
witness lifted her on the settee, she knocked her
hand against the wall making several blood stains
He then went up stairs and got some muslin with
which he bound up the wound.
| The witness was then cross-examned by the
1 State. He said he often staggered when he
drunk but the people probably took any
notice of it. When he had been drinking regularly
( it took large amount of liquor to make him drunk
He always met Lizzie at the horse sheds of Waaces
hotel, whenever she worked there, and gave her
whiskey Went there as usual on the day before
New Year and gave her drink. When Lizzie took
drink il was a stiff one and he never saw glass